At 04:36 PM 7/17/2002 -0400, Gaertk at aol.com wrote: >Here's some other fantasy authors I enjoy: Tolkien, >Pratchett, Robin Hobb (aka Megan Lindholm), Jo Walton, >Diane Duane, and GRR Martin. Good list! Permit me to add, if you haven't read them: Mark Twain, Alexandre Dumas, Pamela Dean, Lois Bujold, Neil Gaiman, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Tim Powers, Gene Wolfe, Glen Cook, Jane Yolen, and of course Roger Zelazny. And permit me to put in a special recommendation for the Aubrey/Maturin books of Patrick O'Brian, which are...well...just read them. The first one is called _Master and Commander_.